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33 set to join OG for ESL One Los Angeles Major Neta “33” Shapira will stand-in for OG during ESL One Los Angeles Major, as a replacement for Topias "Topson" Taavitsainen, who has found himself stranded outside of Europe. OG announced a full lineup for their ESL One Los Angeles Dota2 Major venture, which will feature Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan, Martin “Saksa” Sazdov, Johan “N0tail” Sundstein and two stand-in members in Sébastien “Ceb” Debs and 33. The roster change comes due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which saw both Topson and Yeik “MidOne” Nai Zheng stranded outside of Europe and unable…

Golden Guardians secure the final LCS playoffs spot Golden Guardians eliminated Dignitas from the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) playoffs tiebreaker bracket to secure a spot in the last stage of the 2020 Spring Split. Despite their struggles throughout the season, Golden Guardians switched into a higher gear as the LCS Spring Split entered its latter stage, which allowed them to secure a ticket leading into the playoffs, where they will compete for the organisation's first LCS title. Golden Guardians entered Week 9 of LCS Spring Split with a 6-10 record, meaning Greyson “Goldenglue” Gilmer and co. had…

NBA announces players-only NBA 2K tournament NBA is set to host an esports NBA 2K tournament, which will feature NBA professional players competing on a virtual court, with all matches said to be broadcasted live on ESPN. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has to date reportedly infected over 800,000 people across the globe, over 170,000 of which in the United States, most of the sports scene has come to a stop in a bid to ensure wellbeing and security for the players and fans. After Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 on March 11, NBA…

Rogue Warriors fined $420,000 by LPL due to match fixing scandal League of Legends Pro League (LPL) team Rogue Warriors have been fined 3 million RMB, equivalent to over US $423,000 due to the match-fixing scandal involving their former jungler Wang “WeiYan” Xiang. Last week, shock news emerged from the Chinese League of Legends scene, when another esports match-fixing scandal has been unveiled to the public, this time involving Rogue Warriors and their former jungler WeiYan, who has been found violating the team's and league's rules by making arrangements with other teams in a bid to manipulate match outcomes…

Team Liquid denied an entry into LCS Spring Split playoffs The reigning four-time League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) champions Team Liquid got denied entry into the LCS Spring Split playoffs after losing to Cloud9 in a do-or-die match in the final fixture of the split this Sunday. Team Liquid have had a tough start of their journey into the 2020 League of Legends season, beginning with visa issues, which prevented Mads "Broxah" Brock-Pedersen from entering the United States, effectively meaning Team Liquid entered the split without a complete squad. Instead of Broxah, Team Liquid fielded their substitute academy…

PSG.LGD secure China Dota2 Professional League title PSG.LGD, one of the most storied Chinese esports organisation in history have added yet another accolade to their bountiful cabinet with China Dota2 Professional League title with a 3-2 win over ViCi Gaming. By wining China Dota2 Professional League title, PSG.LGD made a huge statement and received a massive morale boost, which they desperately needed following months of disastrous performances from a team that not long ago secured a podium finish at The International 2019. After pocketing bronze at TI9, PSG.LGD opted for an extended break from Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) scene…

Psyonix announced Rocket League Spring Series online tournament Psyonix announced an online format for its Rocket League competition, in a bid to keep the show going amid the COVID-19 outbreak, which has put most of the esports scene at a halt or ushered online leagues. Following the announcement of the cancellation of Rocket League Season 9 World Championship, the Rocket League community was left in dark in regards of the future of its competitive scene, up until this Sunday, March 29, when Psyonix announced an online Rocket League competition, which is set to begin in April and US $300,000…

Boston Uprising benched Mouffin amid sexual misconduct allegations The Boston Uprising flex tank Walid "Mouffin" Bassal has reportedly found himself benched from the team after allegations of several cases of sexual misconduct surfaced on Twitter and other social media. On Friday, March 27, a popular female Overwatch streamer KhaleesiBB made a Twitter post, detailing allegations of sexual assault she and her friends experienced, involving Mouffin. According to the streamer, the Boston Uprising star has been sending messages via social media platforms to other girls, asking them for nude photos, regardless of their age, with one of the incidents supposedly…

StarLadder and Parimatch introduce $100,000 CS:GO league Parimatch and StarLadder have joined forces to introduce the Parimatch League, which will be an online CS:GO league, featuring teams from Europe and CIS region, who will duke it out for the US $100,000 prize pool. The event will mark StarLadder's return to the CS:GO scene for the first time since StarSeries i-League Season 8, which took place back in October 2019. Despite StarLadder's five-month hiatus from the CS:GO scene, the Ukrainian professional esports organiser is a prominent name in the esports scene, having hosted a plethora of top-tier events across several…

WePlay! announce Pushka League WePlay! continues to bring excitement and joy to Dota2 fans, as the Ukrainian tournament organisers recently unveiled a new full-fledged online league, dubbed WePlay! Pushka League, which will feature 14 Dota2 teams from CIS and Europe. WePlay! Pushka League will be starting on Thursday, April 23, featuring seven teams each from Europe and CIS regions, vying for the largest slice of US $250,000 prize pool. With the announcement of the new league, WePlay! also unveiled there will be 12 directly-invited teams, while the remaining two spots will be awarded to the champions of open qualifiers.…